Beefaroni | Diethood

This do-it-yourself Beefaroni recipe is full of savory floor beef and macaroni noodles tossed in a wealthy, flavorful tomato sauce with cheese. It’s the final word family-pleaser for a weeknight dinner!

I like nostalgic consolation meals like Beefaroni, do-it-yourself alphabet soup, and mac and cheese. For one more straightforward one-pan dinner, do that tacky hen and broccoli pasta!

Relying on the place you’re on the earth, you may know at present’s mixture of floor beef and macaroni noodles in tomato sauce as American goulash, chop suey, or slumgullion. In our home, we name it Beefaroni! I LOVED consuming this tacky beef and tomato pasta as a child! And since I stay in a home of pasta fiends, it’s nonetheless certainly one of my household’s favourite consolation meals.

Why I Love This Beefaroni Recipe

• The sauce is just too good. The sauce on this do-it-yourself Beefaroni is unmatched. Creamy, tomatoey, and full of savory seasonings. To not point out CHEESE! 
• Superfast. This Beefaroni recipe is fast to prep and cooks in simply 25 minutes. Plus, it’s a one-pan pasta recipe, so that you cook dinner the whole lot aside from the noodles in a single skillet.
• Household-friendly. In case your kiddos love Hamburger Helper, this recipe may be very related. One major distinction is that Beefaroni has tomatoes, whereas Hamburger Helper doesn’t. In addition to, my beefaroni recipe has a lot taste that the entire household begs me to make it not less than twice a month.

What You’ll Want

Who else grew up consuming Chef Boyardee Beefaroni from a can? Properly, making it at dwelling means understanding precisely what goes into it. Which for those who ask me is manner higher! These are some notes on the substances. Scroll right down to the recipe card for a printable listing with the total recipe particulars.

For the Sauce

• Beef Broth – This may be do-it-yourself inventory or store-bought low-sodium beef broth. Hen broth additionally works right here.
• Milk – I like to recommend entire milk. Milk with decrease fats content material might curdle. You might use heavy cream for a richer sauce.
• Tomato Sauce – Select your favourite tomato sauce or tomato passata from the shop. Or, if in case you have a household recipe, go forward and use it. You’ll additionally want tomato paste.
• Worcestershire Sauce – That is my secret ingredient for including a kick of umami to the whole lot from chili to Bolognese and meatloaf. You too can use soy sauce. 
• Brown Sugar – Or use granulated sugar, to offset the tanginess of the tomatoes. 

For the Beefaroni

• Elbow Macaroni – Macaroni places the “roni” in Beefaroni! However that doesn’t imply you possibly can’t make this recipe with one other short-cut pasta. Different good selections are penne, rigatoni, rotini, ziti, shells, or bowtie pasta.
• Onion – Yellow onion, or one other gentle selection, diced up.
• Floor Beef – I like to recommend lean floor beef because it received’t make the dish too greasy. 
• Seasonings – You’ll want salt and pepper, garlic powder, mustard powder, dried oregano, and dried basil.
• Butter and Flour – To make what’s known as a roux, used to thicken the tomato gravy. The butter will be salted or unsalted.
• Cheese – I take advantage of shredded cheddar, however nearly any smooth, melting cheese will work. Monterey Jack is one other good possibility, or you possibly can even use Velveeta. Ensure to grate the cheese contemporary from the block, because it melts a lot smoother.

Make Beefaroni

This straightforward recipe comes collectively rapidly on the stovetop; all you’ll want is a skillet and a big pot for the pasta.

• Make the sauce. First, whisk collectively the sauce substances (broth, milk, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and sugar) when you boil the macaroni in salted water. Put aside a cup of the pasta water earlier than you drain the noodles.
• Sauté. In the meantime, sauté the onion in olive oil, then add the bottom beef. Season after which cook dinner the meat till it’s properly damaged up and browned. Transfer the meat to a plate with a slotted spoon afterward.
• Make a roux. Subsequent, you’ll whisk flour into the pan with melted butter. Let that cook dinner off a bit earlier than including the tomato paste.
• End the sauce. Whisk the ready sauce into the roux. Sprinkle in some dried oregano and basil, and hold simmering till the sauce thickens. Lastly, take the pot off the warmth and soften within the shredded cheese.
• Put all of it collectively. Now, add the cooked macaroni and floor beef. Stir that every one along with the tacky tomato sauce and a splash of pasta water, and dig in! I wish to garnish my Beefaroni with contemporary parsley.

What to Serve With Beefaroni

I like Beefaroni with Cheddar Bay biscuits or garlic breadsticks on the facet and a sharing-size Caesar salad or roasted vegetable salad for the desk. I’ll additionally serve it with straightforward veggie sides like steamed broccoli, or roasted asparagus and Brussels sprouts. It’s such a comfy, comforting weeknight dinner!

Sweeten issues up afterward with this chocolate mug cake or a slice of German marble cake for dessert.

Retailer and Reheat Leftovers

• Refrigerate. Retailer any leftover Beefaroni in an hermetic container within the fridge and reheat inside 3 days.
• Reheat. Heat leftovers on the stovetop or within the microwave. You too can cowl the Beefaroni with foil and heat it within the oven. I like to recommend sprinkling the Beefaroni with a little bit water or broth to loosen the sauce up.
• Freeze. Beefaroni freezes nice for as much as 3 months. I’ll generally switch the cooled Beefaroni to a casserole dish earlier than double-wrapping it with plastic wrap or foil, and place it into the freezer. This fashion, it’s able to thaw within the fridge and go proper into the oven to reheat.

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